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Descent of Daisies
Descent of Daisies
banmorn


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Before and After II (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Sigma 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC OS for Nikon
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Date: Dec 9, 2008
Aperture: f/ 16
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/8 sec.
Galleries: Still Life, Floral
Date Uploaded: Dec 9, 2008

 Ascent of man...get it? Well good.
These are gerberas from over the last week and half: the top being most recent, today as a matter a fact, and the bottom from the end of the week before last, the middle from saturday. The middle ones would be OK with straws but shutter....so they bent over and provide another step in the after process. I could have done a fourth but really it would have been too much. I could also have done less but I like three for some reason. Anyway, the other version I shot had nine flowers...but it did not process out well in basic.

Shot with the camera on tripod and cable remote release. I am experimenting with some new light bulbs....the energy efficient ones that are some much less hot that the halogen I usually use. The seem slightly less bright but both the flowers and I are enjoying how much less heat they provide.

Post: Camera Raw adjustments in PSElements 6.0. Layer adjustments for levels, brightness/contrast and hue/saturation. Crop, 3x. Two more layers of levels: one to remove color cast and one to darken the background. Adjust sharpness. Resize. USM.


Statistics
Place: 12 out of 143
Avg (all users): 6.2100
Avg (commenters): 7.0909
Avg (participants): 6.1321
Avg (non-participants): 6.2381
Views since voting: 1933
Views during voting: 301
Votes: 200
Comments: 12
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 01/06/2009 08:32:34 AM
Beautiful. Well done
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/16/2008 11:41:27 PM
Beautiful photo! Nice light and color. 10
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 12/16/2008 11:20:41 AM
Love the light, it was really what caught my attention. Beautiful image.
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 12/16/2008 09:05:49 AM
Good idea! Nicely done.
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 12/13/2008 08:12:26 PM
Lovely colour and subject :-)
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 12/13/2008 02:28:53 PM
Could use a little more saturation to make your flowers pop out.
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 12/12/2008 10:48:36 AM
Meets challenge, but the lighting seems a little off. The way the stems look bothers me too, how the two live ones appear to be leaning on the dead ones. It seems a little distracting to me.
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 12/11/2008 02:06:56 PM
i love it!! i bet you had to wait for this picture lol 8
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 12/10/2008 03:42:45 PM
Great contrast & saturation.
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 12/10/2008 09:08:01 AM
The droopy ones look awfully sad :-(
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 12/10/2008 08:10:11 AM
The green stalks are very well lit and tend to dominate the picture as the flower heads are quite dark. Nice composition.
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 12/10/2008 02:58:32 AM
The color on this is kind of shocking!
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